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Talking about bitter; it's bitter to hear that a concert like Birmingham 1976 is one of the few outstanding ones. I know we're all Elvis fans here, but some of you should sometimes think a bit more about what exactly is written by yourself: you talk about "some good albums" between 1973 and 1977...please name one as I can't think of a single one ! His last good album was the Memphis one in 1969, 7 years before this Birmingham show. Being an Elvis fan doesn't mean always putting Elvis on top. He made some stinkers in the 70's. I can't name another album which is straight good like the Memphis 1969 one. Raised On Rock ? He should be ashamed for putting out some of that crap. The King Of Rock 'n Roll not being able to find a single hit ROCK record ? Promised Land is the only title which comes close to being a rock hit. Memphis 1974 was a pleasant release, but a pretty normal live concert, From EP Boulevard is plain crap, there are songs on that one that shouldn't have been sung by Elvis in the first place (The Last Farewell, a Whittaker tear jerker sung by 'The King'..... to name just one). Moody Blue is a scraping of the barrell release with 2-3 good songs (did I read it well that somebody wrote here that no other artist made this kind of music in that era..if so, why wasn't Elvis on top of the charts when he made those 'good' recordings ??). Please be realistic sometimes, at least try to.Again, being an Elvis means seeing the bad things also and there were loads of them. Have you ever seen another artist making a false start on his opening song when a TV special is recorded (referring to See See Rider in the Omaha or Rapid City June 1977 show). I think 99% off all artists are 500% prepared for a TV special recording. And what does our man: looking like a balloon, cutting off the opening song during a recording, talk blurried during Lonesome Tonight, still forgetting the words to My Way which he performed hundreds of times etc. That's bitter !! As said, I'm a Elvis fan for over 30 years now and always will be, but don't talk about the 1974-1977 period too much; that's not the time-span I like the remember Elvis for....and that includes the -pretty poor- Birmingham performance also. Aarghh, those annoying band solo's, terrible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talking about bitter; it's bitter to hear that a concert like Birmingham 1976 is one of the few outstanding ones. I know we're all Elvis fans here, but some of you should sometimes think a bit more about what exactly is written by yourself: you talk about "some good albums" between 1973 and 1977...please name one as I can't think of a single one ! His last good album was the Memphis one in 1969, 7 years before this Birmingham show. Being an Elvis fan doesn't mean always putting Elvis on top. He made some stinkers in the 70's. I can't name another album which is straight good like the Memphis 1969 one. Raised On Rock ? He should be ashamed for putting out some of that crap. The King Of Rock 'n Roll not being able to find a single hit ROCK record ? Promised Land is the only title which comes close to being a rock hit. Memphis 1974 was a pleasant release, but a pretty normal live concert, From EP Boulevard is plain crap, there are songs on that one that shouldn't have been sung by Elvis in the first place (The Last Farewell, a Whittaker tear jerker sung by 'The King'..... to name just one). Moody Blue is a scraping of the barrell release with 2-3 good songs (did I read it well that somebody wrote here that no other artist made this kind of music in that era..if so, why wasn't Elvis on top of the charts when he made those 'good' recordings ??). Please be realistic sometimes, at least try to.Again, being an Elvis means seeing the bad things also and there were loads of them. Have you ever seen another artist making a false start on his opening song when a TV special is recorded (referring to See See Rider in the Omaha or Rapid City June 1977 show). I think 99% off all artists are 500% prepared for a TV special recording. And what does our man: looking like a balloon, cutting off the opening song during a recording, talk blurried during Lonesome Tonight, still forgetting the words to My Way which he performed hundreds of times etc. That's bitter !! As said, I'm a Elvis fan for over 30 years now and always will be, but don't talk about the 1974-1977 period too much; that's not the time-span I like the remember Elvis for....and that includes the -pretty poor- Birmingham performance also. Aarghh, those annoying band solo's, terrible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




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